Scott Mitchell
Scott Mitchell's blog about writing.
Scott On Writing | 27 Aug 2010 18:44
Scott Mitchell writes "....Earlier this year I wrote an article on 4GuysFromRolla.com showing how to build an ASP.NET WebForms store locator application using Google Maps. Recently, I ported the store locator application to ASP.NET MVC and detailed building the application in..."
Read more » Enhancing the Store Locator ASP.NET MVC Application to Include Directions
Scott On Writing | 19 Aug 2010 17:45
Scott Mitchell writes "....Once a year (or so) I teach a handful of one-day, four hour classes in San Diego on various ASP.NET topics. I’ve got two such classes lined up for Saturday, September 11: Get Started with ASP.NET MVC – 8 AM to Noon Traditionally, ASP.NET..."
Read more » I’m Teaching Two Upcoming Training Classes in San Diego
Scott On Writing | 18 Aug 2010 16:27
Scott Mitchell writes "....Yesterday I received the author copies of my latest book, Teach Yourself ASP.NET 4 in 24 Hours. When signing the author agreement many, many months ago, there is typically a clause that promises the author X copies of the finished book. Getting..."
Read more » Hot Off the Presses – Teach Yourself ASP.NET 4 in 24 Hours
Scott On Writing | 13 Aug 2010 23:44
Scott Mitchell writes "....One of the free, open-source controls on the ASP.NET team’s CodePlex page is the GeneratedImage control. In a nutshell, the GeneratedImage control is a combination of an ASP.NET Web Control and a set of classes that facilitate programmatically..."
Read more » Using the GeneratedImage Control in ASP.NET MVC
Scott On Writing | 10 Aug 2010 03:12
Scott Mitchell writes "....Last week I received an email from Srikanth Pragada, a .NET trainer in southern India, asking why I did not have a Twitter account. I had two excuses. First, I am somewhat of a Luddite when it comes to social technologies like cell phones and web..."
Read more » I Am Now Tweeting (Or is it Twittering?)
Scott On Writing | 04 Aug 2010 21:00
Scott Mitchell writes "....This month I will be giving two talks to .NET user groups here in San Diego. Take Control of Your Website's URLs with ASP.NET Routing - Tuesday, August 17th at 6:00 PM at the ASP.NET Special Interest Group at the Microsoft Office in UTCDid you know..."
Read more » Two Upcoming ASP.NET Local User Group Talks in August
Scott On Writing | 27 Jul 2010 19:56
Scott Mitchell writes "....Back when Visual Studio 2008 came out, Scott Guthrie wrote an excellent series of blog posts on using LINQ to SQL. Unfortunately, the various installments are not easy to follow when starting from Part 1 and going onward, so I've decided to gather..."
Read more » Links to Scott Guthrie's Using LINQ to SQL Tutorials
Scott On Writing | 17 Jul 2010 20:32
Scott Mitchell writes "....I work as an independent consultant and trainer. Most of my business involves me meeting with clients (in person or online), discussing their needs, and then building a new application or enhancing an existing one from my own desktop. However, a..."
Read more » A Review of Desktop / Screen Sharing Software
Scott On Writing | 13 Jul 2010 04:01
Scott Mitchell writes "....SQL's UPDATE statement makes it easy to update one or more records in a database table. The most common UPDATE statement pattern assigns static or parameterized values to one or more columns:
UPDATE MyTable SET
Column1 = Value1,
Column2 =..."
Read more » HOWTO: Update Records in a Database Table With Data From Another Table (MS SQL Server)
Scott On Writing | 06 Jul 2010 19:35
Scott Mitchell writes "....ASP.NET view state is the technique used by an ASP.NET Web page to persist changes to the state of a Web Form across postbacks. The view state of a page is, by default, placed in a hidden form field named __VIEWSTATE, and can easily get very large...."
Read more » Determining an ASP.NET Page's View State Footprint
